the loop-index.php file can be found in the folder “includes” – the complete path is shoutbox/includes/loop-index.php. Maybe you need to use a ftp software to download/upload this file. Search for following code to remove the comments count:

Thank you, this worked great :) Ok, continuing on since now she wants some other stuff … where do I remove the categories found in and the associated tags from the same areas? She doesn’t want to remove tags or categories altogether — just doesn’t want them displayed under the individual post titles leaving only the date & author info displayed. Thanks!